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Nabih Berri, the speaker of the Lebanese parliament, said Wednesday that the suicide bombers who attacked the Iranian embassy in Beirut were from the same group that tried to assassinate him. (Image courtesy of SaidaOnline)

"Those [attackers] are known in terms of their identity and the places they come from," he added.

The embassy attack Tuesday, in which at least 25 people were killed and more than 150 wounded, was claimed by the Abdullah Azzam Brigades, an al-Qaida-linked group based in Lebanon. It has threatened more attacks if Hezbollah forces are not withdrawn from Syria.

Berri revealed in May 2012 that he and several other Lebanese officials had been targeted for assassination.

Lebanese army intelligence officers said Lebanon is likely to seek help from Interpol to find the groups that imported the explosives used in the embassy attack.